What is Geo-Thermal Heating?

February 6th, 2008 Categories: Green Condos, Vancouver Real Estate

Buying a new condo? Geothermal heating will save you money.

Geothermal heating uses renewable energy and emits no greenhouse gases. It creates 75% less emissions than electric heating.

Solar energy is absorbed at the earth’s surface, from there it can warm the air. It is also transported downwards into the earth by conduction and washed downwards by rainfall. As you dig deeper into the earth the temperature becomes more and more stable until it approaches the temperature of well water…about 10 degrees C year round. This is called a geothermal reservoir. We then pump the heat by using a refrigeration unit to extract heat from the reservoir and supply it to the house or hot water. This is called a geothermal heat pump system.

This is the choice of Vancouver condo developers at present. I think the Shangri-la was the first pre-sale I remember offering geothermal heating.

Know of any other geothermal buildings? - Cielo, Donovan, Mantra, Lumen